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blue light
With the novelette "Blue Light," the classic work of erotic author Aaron Travis at last arrives in ebook editions.
When Bill Gray moves into a big Victorian house in Houston, he finds himself fascinated by his muscular, long-haired landlord, Michael. Something mysterious is going on in Michael's room on the top floor. Bill, a sexual dominant, looks forward to stripping Michael of all his secrets. But when the two of them finally connect, it's Michael who takes charge, subjecting Bill to an experience unlike anything he could have imagined.
Susie Bright: "Perhaps the most fantastic supernatural erotic thriller ever written!"
Marcy Sheiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian: “ ‘Blue Light’ is a story I will remember for the rest of my life: it glues the impossible and the plausible together through the invocation of intense sexual energy.”
Michael Bronski, The Guide (Boston): “In ‘Blue Light’— a story which has become a classic—Travis creates a contemporary supernatural masterpiece as frightening as anything H.P. Lovecraft or Stephen King ever wrote. The underlying horror of the story is not what happens to the narrator...but our own fears of losing control of our sexuality.”
Curious Affairs of Athelton Bartelby: “A paranormal, nearly epic erotic tale of submission, domination, and sexual witchcraft. I was breathless nearly the entire way through it, as the story built, as the psychologies of its main characters became more clearly defined and pulled me into them, and, of course, as the epic evening of sex unfolded in a Texas attic between two muscular doms, as one forces the other to submit to him with a variety of...arguably quite disturbing tricks. It was, and is, precisely what I think good erotica is, i.e., a story that not only makes its readers turned on...but, through its evocative use of language and seductive creation of fantasy, of pushing that fantasy to its very limits, that's what good erotica is.”
When Bill Gray moves into a big Victorian house in Houston, he finds himself fascinated by his muscular, long-haired landlord, Michael. Something mysterious is going on in Michael's room on the top floor. Bill, a sexual dominant, looks forward to stripping Michael of all his secrets. But when the two of them finally connect, it's Michael who takes charge, subjecting Bill to an experience unlike anything he could have imagined.
Susie Bright: "Perhaps the most fantastic supernatural erotic thriller ever written!"
Marcy Sheiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian: “ ‘Blue Light’ is a story I will remember for the rest of my life: it glues the impossible and the plausible together through the invocation of intense sexual energy.”
Michael Bronski, The Guide (Boston): “In ‘Blue Light’— a story which has become a classic—Travis creates a contemporary supernatural masterpiece as frightening as anything H.P. Lovecraft or Stephen King ever wrote. The underlying horror of the story is not what happens to the narrator...but our own fears of losing control of our sexuality.”
Curious Affairs of Athelton Bartelby: “A paranormal, nearly epic erotic tale of submission, domination, and sexual witchcraft. I was breathless nearly the entire way through it, as the story built, as the psychologies of its main characters became more clearly defined and pulled me into them, and, of course, as the epic evening of sex unfolded in a Texas attic between two muscular doms, as one forces the other to submit to him with a variety of...arguably quite disturbing tricks. It was, and is, precisely what I think good erotica is, i.e., a story that not only makes its readers turned on...but, through its evocative use of language and seductive creation of fantasy, of pushing that fantasy to its very limits, that's what good erotica is.”
- GenresM M Romance
41 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1980
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
July 29, 2016
I think I would have liked this a lot more if it weren't for the rather smug and self-congratulatory author's note that preceded the story. I kept waiting for it to be as good as promised and consequently was doomed to disappointment.
December 5, 2019
Scarily good
December 29, 2016
Read this story years ago, and to this day it remains my all-time favorite erotic tale. I'm thrilled to finally find the collection of this author's work, and I intend to read/re-read it all!
March 15, 2013
One of the scariest books I've ever read. Unnerving, hair-raising, hot, and creepy because I currently live in Houston. It's short and only $.99 but I'd have been willing to pay more and not felt ripped off, it's that good.
September 17, 2025
I read this when it first came out in an anthology. I re-read for curiosity again these years later and found it still landed with a solid punch. Intriguing, magical, science-fictiony?, and erotic yes of course. No need to plot review or other as it is a short story and stands on its own as a literate exploration of other and potential.
April 28, 2025
Can only tell this story once. Set up, come on, Carl, all 80s. The slap of the crop, off and off and off and off, all very horny very hard kid fantasy sex. Honest about clean up after. And very well written.
July 8, 2023
Apparently something of a cult classic in the 80s. Surprisingly well-written, taking cues from William Hope Hodgson and weird fiction.
May 10, 2013
In order to explain why this book didn't work for me, I'll have to give spoilers.
Also, there is very problematic consent.
Also, there is very problematic consent.
September 10, 2014
Weird; what else can I say.
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